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Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine
Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine
Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine
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Following his best selling book, Jesus of Nazareth, and his talks published in Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church, Pope Benedict?s Church Fathers presents these important figures of early Christianity in all their evangelical vitality, spiritual profundity, and uncompromising love of God. Benedict tells the true story of Christianity?s against-all-odds triumph in the face of fierce Roman hostility and persecution. He does this by exploring the lives and the ideas of the early Christian writers, pastors, and martyrs, men so important to the spread of Christianity that history remembers them as ?the Fathers of the Church?.

This rich and engrossing survey of the early Church includes those churchmen who immediately succeeded the Apostles, the ?Apostolic Fathers?: Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyon. Benedict also discusses such great Christian figures as Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian of Carthage, the Cappadocian Fathers, as well as the giants John Chrysostom, Jerome, and Augustine. This book is a wonderful way to get to know the Church Fathers and the tremendous spiritually rich patrimony they have bequeathed to us.

 

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Release dateSep 3, 2009
ISBN9781681494722
Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine
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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant theologians and spiritual leaders of our age. As Pope he authored the best-selling Jesus of Nazareth; and prior to his pontificate, he wrote many influential books that continue to remain important for the contemporary Church, such as Introduction to Christianity and The Spirit of the Liturgy.

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    This is a great book for those who would like to be introduced to both the East and West Fathers of the Church. Pope Benedict XVI gives a brief (3 to 4 pages) of salient life points of these Fathers who were closest to the Apostles and therefore, to Christ Himself.He also encourages us to imitate them.They are a great source not only of inspiration but of how and who the Christian is and ought to live. There faith is exemplary as much as challenging.

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